undated, Supplementary Memo dated September 27, 1978,Lane's Counter Offensive: Projected Offensive Program for the People's Temple
On September 27, 1978, newly-hired Peoples Temple attorney Mark Lane presented the Jonestown leadership with a 10-page plan to counter the forces of "conspiracy" aligned against it. The plan was an ambitious one: it anticipated a "full-scale investigation" into the Temple’s critics, U.S. government agencies, and the press, as well as proactive legal, public relations and fundraising campaigns. The result of the activities would be "the filing of a multi-million dollar action" against everyone who “participated in the campaign against the People’s Temple.”